Xue Wu's Embarrassment: "Um, um... I'm sorry, Mentor. I-I shouldn't have doubted you..."

"No, no, Mentor, I really didn't..."

Xue Wu was truly panicking. She simply could not tell whether Chen Yue was bluffing to make her confess, or whether he actually knew, so she could only play dumb.

One had to know that at Heavenly Water Academy, especially for the girls in the intensive training team, getting pregnant could very likely get them kicked out of the program!

"Don't worry!"

Chen Yue saw her unease and smiled. "I'm only responsible for researching martial souls and soul rings. Other than the academy head, I won't tell anyone about this!"

Xue Wu's face went pale, and she nearly fainted. Damn it, he was even going to tell the academy head...

"Believe me. Right now, I also need a student to prove myself to the academy head!"

Chen Yue spoke earnestly. "Don't worry. Once our experiment succeeds, not only will your reputation remain untarnished and free from scorn, you'll instead become someone everyone envies!"

"For now, this matter should remain hidden if possible. Understand?"

Looking at Chen Yue's sincere expression, Xue Wu froze briefly. After hesitating for a long while, she finally nodded. "All right, I'll trust you this once, but..."

The moment she uttered that "but," Chen Yue, who was already becoming impatient, directly summoned his martial soul.

Gold on the inside and white on the outside, it resembled a heavy Endless Blade. It was nothing eye-catching; in Xue Wu's eyes, it was merely an ordinary weapon-type martial soul.

What left her utterly stunned, nearly making her eyes pop out, was the configuration of his soul rings!

"Two purple and two black... H-how is that possible? And those purple soul rings are three-thousand-year ones!?"

Xue Wu jolted upright, repeatedly drawing in cold breaths. "H-how is that possible!?"

"What's impossible about it?"

Chen Yue smiled. "With me, there's really nothing impossible."

"Oh, right. What were you about to say just now? But what?"

Xue Wu: "..."

In an instant, an awkward look appeared on her face. "Um, um... I'm sorry, Mentor. I-I shouldn't have doubted you..."

She really had wanted to say that she doubted him, but why should she have believed him?

Now, though... uh, she was too embarrassed to say it aloud. It was far too awkward.

"Starting today, I'll take you as a registered disciple."

Chen Yue said it casually, then sat down in a chair. "You know the proper etiquette, right?"

Xue Wu: "???"

"Huh!?"

Upon hearing Chen Yue's words, Xue Wu was instantly dumbfounded!

Th-this... what kind of situation was this!?

The child in her belly was this man's!

A-and now she was becoming his disciple!?

"What, you're unwilling?"

Chen Yue frowned and said displeasedly.

In truth, Chen Yue asking Xue Wu to become his disciple was a way of forcing her hand. If Xue Wu wanted to refuse, she could only give a reason Chen Yue could not reject.

For example, she could say that she had gotten this child by drugging Chen Yue back then...

Other than that, she had no excuse to get out of it.

If she accepted, it meant she did not want anyone to know. Chen Yue would respect her wishes and simply stay by her and the child under a different identity.

What?

You said that was unfair to Gu Qinghan and Liu Yanlong?

Gu Qinghan did not need Chen Yue to take care of her at all. Besides, Chen Yue guessed that just seeing him now probably made her legs go weak and left her unable to stand steadily... so he could just have Gu Qingxue and the others take care of her.

As for Liu Yanlong... sorry, Chen Yue could only say that it had not been voluntary on his part. And Liu Yanlong had left without a word, so even if he wanted to help, it was beyond his reach.